Paul Mangen, left, with Ocean City Beach Patrol coach Bill Dorney, has won numerous swimming contests around the globe. He joined the beach patrol in June, 2000. A three-time South Jersey life guard champion, Paul Mangen has won international open-water swimming contests around the globe. Training for a contest in Egypt (also known as ) File:Flag of Egypt.svg in October, the 11-year veteran of the Ocean City Beach Patrol has brought international fame and notoriety to his summer hometown. Mangen said his inexperience in the ocean was glaring, to him anyway. Coaching, he said, lights up his life.